Question about photography.

Box hauler

Box hauler

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I know nothing about photography but i am looking to buy a few lenses for my Rebel Xs for an overseas trip this summer. Can anyone give me tips on a few good sizes that I should start with? Thanks for the help.
 
Get a quality walk around lens. Depending on your budget something in the 17-55 range. @Adler and I both have a Tamron 17-50 that is pretty underrated for the price.
Also go on Flickr and do some research on where you are going to visit. Most photos on there you'll be able to view the EXIF data and see what lens range was used.
 
mikecweb said:
Get a quality walk around lens. Depending on your budget something in the 17-55 range. @Adler and I both have a Tamron 17-50 that is pretty underrated for the price.
Also go on Flickr and do some research on where you are going to visit. Most photos on there you'll be able to view the EXIF data and see what lens range was used.
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Thanks for the help.
 
What @mikecweb said. The majority of my travel shots are taken with my Tamron 17-50, or the kit Canon which was replaced by the Tamron.
 
You can get the canon 24-105 f/4l is for 600-650 new. White box (was part of a kit, lens sold to recoup the cost of the body)

Many consider it to be "the" walk around lens, it's dust and weather sealed. Sadly it's not super wide on the crop.

Get a 35 f1.4, the sigma 35 f1.4 art is phenomenal at it's price. The sigma 50 1.4 Art is probably one of the best lenses made. The two of them are fantastic, but hard to find ( and not cheap 850-950).

People have different desires in a walk around. My canon 70-200f/2.8 is mk II just about lives on my camera. By far my favorite lens. I use the 40mm STM pancake for most if my chemo blog shots- mounted to a 6d it's small(er).


I'd love to get the 17mm TS-E, but I don't think it would use it enough for the price.
 
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I just got ahold of Canon's new EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 STM lens. Probably not an ideal walk around but if you're into fisheye its good. My main walkaround lens on my 20D is the venerable EF-S 18-55mm that I got as the kit lens with my old digital rebel way back in '04. If you're on a budget, they've added the IS and USM to the 18-55 but its still a very reasonably priced lens with good quality.
 
gotWXdagain said:
I just got ahold of Canon's new EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 STM lens. Probably not an ideal walk around but if you're into fisheye its good.
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Man i'm jealous. I've been debating on that and a Rokinon FE8M-C 8mm F3.5 . Yours is obviously much better quality and features, but the all manual Rokinon seems to give a much more fisheye effect. Post some shots so I can decide.
 
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Adler said:
Man i'm jealous. I've been debating on that and a Rokinon FE8M-C 8mm F3.5 . Yours is obviously much better quality and features, but the all manual Rokinon seems to give a much more fisheye effect. Post some shots so I can decide.
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I will try to post some tonight or tomorrow but thus far I really like it. Until this lens came along, I was basically priced out of the <18mm focal length
 
@Adler Here you go. Each shot at 10mm, the vignette on the first isn't a product of the lens, I had a circular polarizer on the front that's just a little too thick to not be seen at full out. The UV Haze filter I use doesn't show, but the graduated neutral density filter I use will also show a little bit.
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The autofocus is so quick and quiet at first I thought mine wasn't working. They really had videographers in mind when they made it.
 
Short answer, get something in the ballpark of a 100-400mm lens for telephoto shots, get something in the ball park of 18-70mm for everything closer. You'll be set, I would say to learn composition a bit thru trial and error before you blow money getting creative with a fisheye lens. You'll be set. Remember, the lens is often more important than the body. I look at it as the lens takes the picture, and the camera body just gives you megapixels to play with editing. Upgrading lenses will allow you to keep the same SLR with much better results for many years.
 
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Short answer, get something in the ballpark of a 100-400mm lens for telephoto shots, get something in the ball park of 18-70mm for everything closer. You'll be set, I would say to learn composition a bit thru trial and error before you blow money getting creative with a fisheye lens. You'll be set. Remember, the lens is often more important than the body. I look at it as the lens takes the picture, and the camera body just gives you megapixels to play with editing. Upgrading lenses will allow you to keep the same SLR with much better results for many years.
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The lenses tend to go up in value over time, and the bodies tend to depreciate to zero pretty quickly too. You can usually sell a lens for exactly what you paid for it if you end up not using it much...
 
I travel with a 7D, EFS 15-85mm, EF 70-300L, EF 40STM.

I used to borrow an EFS 10-22. That was a great wide lens. That or a Tokina 11-16 will probably my next lens purchase.

If you want a good Nikon package and have about $2K to blow. Go for the 7100 & Nikkor 18-300.

If you want small and compact there a a lot of very good mirrorless options. The Olympus OM-D is a good one.
 
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